The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-05-19

The English rye grass makes first
class hay, grows about lS to 20 inches,
is true perennial grass.
The tall meadow oat grass is one of
the most valuable of the recently in
troduced varieties. This combined
with clover and orchard grass is makes
a valuable mixture.
The meadow fescue in England is
considered one of the most valuable.
The Kentucky blue grass stands
among the foremost of the grazing
grasses Also the Texas blue grass,
which he thought might be success
fully cultivated in the eastern part of
the State.
He discussed the merits of these
grasses as we'll as lucerne, the yellow
oat grass, the sweet vernal, the Grim
son clover, the tree foil, the alsike
clover, the white clover and other
varieties, good specimens of which he
exhibited to the institute He recon-
mends "The Farmers Book on
Grasses, by Pharis."
Short after-talks were made by sew
eral Others
On motion, the Institute adjourned
to meet again at 8 p. m.
EVENING SESSION
Chairman Parker called the meet
ing to order, and said that Prof. Vile,
of France, had said that there are 100
essentials in successful farming, and
that nature had supplied SO of these
and that man had only to find and apply
the other seven. Science had evolved
and developed many auxiliary agen-
cies as aids in mans work. Among
these, stands out prominently the
science of chemistry. We have been
receiving bulletins from our depart
ment setting forth something of the
work done, but we had no idea of the
vim and push and splendid common
sense that was behind it all. Now 1
want you to hear from Dr. Dabney,
our State Chemist, on how to make and
HOW TO MANAGE MANUREs.
One thing he had learned, even
with his short experience with DR..
Parker as the Manager of our Insti-
tute, and that is that he manages it.
Hence when he assigned him duty,
he had nothing to do but to make an
honest effort to perform it.
He gave the changes which food
undergoes-the percentage of loss in
certain ingredients in the process of
digestion, and gave the analysis Of the
excrement Of different animals, show,
ing that the manurial value depended
largely on the kind of food given the
animal He discussed various methods
for handling the manure, and made
most interesting talk, which elected
several sprightly after talks. Dr.
Dabney thought if the money expended
for commercial fertilizers was spent
for the right kind of food for cattle,
the manure that would result from it
would pay better. The need for a
simple, cheap machine for pulverizing
horse stable manure, was discussed
On motion, adjourned to meet to-
morrow at $50 a. m.
Friday, a. m., May l3, '87.
The Institute was called to order by
the chairman, who made spicy and
entertaining talk on the defects in our
industrial and social systems, and es-
pecially on the Indifferent methods
practiced among our farmers. He then
introduced Mr. J. Van Lindley, who
took young peach tree and trimmed it
and pruned it and mutilated it, until
it resembled a negro's walking stick.
He gave full instructions for trans
planting the peach tree, from the dig
ging of the hole to the complete trim
ming of the tree. The after-talks
brought out the facts that the land
should be thoroughly underdrained
and subsoiled-the trees should be
slightly inclined towards the southwest
no stable manure should be put in
contact with the roots, the hole should
not be scooped out like hens nest,
but should be about two feet square
and the centre of the hole where the
tree is to rest should be a little higher
than any other part of the bottom.
The chairman said the farmer was
entitled to the good things of this
earth and among them none would
contribute more to the health and